The French Revolution

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1. Fill in the gaps on this sheet using the words at the bottom of the page. HINT: The dashes in each space tell you how many letters you need to use. There was a revolution in _ _ __ _ _ in 1789. The ruler of France before the Revolution was King _ _ _ _ _ XVI. His wife was Queen _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. King Louis XVI lived in his palace at _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ near Paris.One of the reasons why there was a revolution in France in 1789 is that the king ran out of _ _ _ _ _. He spent lots of money on two wars with _ _ _ _ _ _ _. One was in 1756 and another one was in1778. In the second war the French were helping the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ break away from British control.

Another cause of the French Revolution was the problems faced by the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. They wereso poor that they did not have enough money to feed their families. This was made worse when the crops failed to grow. The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ failed in 1787 and 1788. Another cause of the FrenchRevolution was that the two _ _ _ _ groups in France would not give the king more money. The _ _ _ _ _ and the _ _ _ _ _ _ had lots of land and money but would not pay more _ _ _ _ _. This left the king unableto find more money. A final reason why the French had a revolution in 1789 was ideas. A new set of ideas called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ attacked the power of the king and the church. These madelots of ordinary French people think that they should have some of the power of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. taxes I am a lord. I have lots of money and do not want to pay any extra taxes to the king! Iam a bishop of the church. I have lots of money but I do not want to give the king any extra taxes either! peasants Americans Louis Marie Antoinette government Enlightenment Britain lords France richchurch Versailles harvest money I am King Louis XVI. I have run out of money fighting the British. Perhaps the lords and the church could give me some more taxes? I am a peasant. I have nothing....